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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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